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Renting a video from U-verse saves you a trip to the video store – and back.

Here’s all you do:

• Press VIDEO ON DEMAND on your AT&T U-verse Remote
• Use the down arrow to select from the list that appears and then press OK.
• You will then see a program information screen appear with detail about the video you want to rent and the cost of the rental.
• You have the chance to preview your selection if you wish, so just select "Watch Preview."  Then, press OK.
• If you want to leave this screen and not rent the movie, press BACK to return to the previous screen.
• Select rent and then press OK.  Press OK again so as to confirm your decision.  Then, just sit back and relax and your program will begin.

Wanna try VOD at no charge?

Just take a look under "Movie Extras" in your VOD storefront.  It’s a great place to see behind-the-scenes special programs and cool trailers from your favorite movies -  all for free.

Yup, it’s that’s simple and easy.

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Nokia Siemens Networks announced that it has won a contract from Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), India’s largest telecommunications service provider, to deploy broadband access across 7000 Indian villages. The contract is a part of the greenfield rural tender from BSNL. The new access network’s high bandwidth will allow BSNL to deliver high data and triple play intensive services such as Video on Demand, Video Multi cast, IPTV, Video Conferencing and VPN among others to its customers. The network will also enable BSNL to provide connectivity to CSCs (Community Service Centres) and other e-governance locations.

The two year agreement includes Supply, Installation and Commissioning , Training and Annual Maintenance Contract for 5 years. As part of the contract, Nokia Siemens Networks is deploying its Gigabit Ethernet-capable IP DSLAMs Surpass hiX5625 (Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexers) and chassis based access switch (Surpass hiD6615). Nokia Siemens Networks will also supply end-user devices that will enable BSNL to provide speeds of up to 24Mbps for ADSL2+ subscribers over its existing copper infrastructure. The first phase of new lines deployment will be completed by Q1 of 2008.

News Release By Nokia

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"UTStarcom’s RollingStream is the most widely deployed IPTV
platform in China with approximately 270,000 live subscribers
to date in commercial deployments in more than 13 provinces
throughout the country," said Brian Caskey, vice president of
worldwide marketing at UTStarcom, Inc. "We believe our proven
expertise deploying and managing large-scale IP networks in
China, coupled with our extensive collaborations with Shanghai
Media Group, BesTV, the State Administration of Radio, Film,
and Television (SARFT) and the Ministry of Information Industry
(MII), make UTStarcom the dominant IPTV technology leader in
China today."
With a total population of more than five million people, the Ningxia
Hui Autonomous Region is located near the geographical central
northern edge of China and bordered by the Shaanxi (Shanxi) and
Gansu provinces as well as the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
The initial deployment, which has the capacity to support 10,000
subscribers, will offer 52 live broadcast television channels, 48-hour
time-shifting capabilities, 3,000 hours of video-on-demand (VOD)
content and valued-added services including karaoke, online gaming,
TV-based SMS and other interactive applications. UTStarcom is
providing the complete RollingStream solution, from the streaming
servers through the set-top boxes in the subscriber’s home.
News Release

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According to a Business wire News announcement by Cisco, Free, a division of Iliad Group and the leading triple-play over broadband operator in Europe, is to roll out the first and largest optical fiber network in France and Europe, based on the Cisco Internet Protocol Next Generation Network (IP NGN) architecture and using Cisco Ethernet fiber-to-the-home (E-FTTH) technology.

Free announced that residents will have access to broadband speeds that could exceed 50 megabits per second(1) for 29.99 euros per month, and benefit from advanced services such as high-definition IPTV, video on demand, multimedia communication (VOIP, VVOIP) and Web 2.0 services.

Michael Boukobza, chief executive officer of Free, said: "We are building a network of the future for our users and by working with Cisco, we can bring the future closer. With the ongoing debate about fiber access platforms, we have made a clear choice and decided on Ethernet point-to-point FTTH architecture because it is future proof and maximizes return on such an important infrastructure investment. Other options would not have set us so clearly apart from the competition. By taking fiber optic links directly to the home, we can be sure that France will continue to be at the forefront in technology and applications for the next few years, and even the next few decades!"

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